Dear Friends,
I am very sorry to say that Neel (nick name LuvSakshi), one of our friends in the BALH forums is critically ill and she and her family needs our support. It is at times like this when by sheer strength of our numbers we should gather and pray for her speedy recovery and show that we are not only one family in happy times, but stand together in times of sadness and grief as well.
As a token of our concern we would like to set up a Universal Prayer Group. I have personally been involved in many such groups and have been witness to some miracles. It is amazingly unbelievable. Since I am a Hindu by birth and profess the religion of love, I believe that all religions are one and the same. However, the mantra that we chant is the Gayathri Mantra. If you have a prayer group that does any other chanting like the Buddhist Chanting Group, you can chant your mantra, any mantra that reaches out to the almighty to pray for speedy recovery.
We will start this Prayer at 7:30PM Indian Standard Time on Wednesday, 30th of January, 2013 (which is 6:00AM Pacific Time in the USA, 9:00AM Eastern Time in the USA). If you are not in any of these three time zones, please check your local time to coincide with this timing and start the chant.
Here is the way we are going about it:
1. Sit in a comfortable position anywhere you want – if you want to sit at the altar in your home, or in any common place of worship, or just on the couch in your living room. The need is to be comfortable wherever you are.
2. Chant OM three times (take a deep breath and slowly release your breath as you chant OM till you empty your lungs completely).
3. Chant the Gayathri Mantra or any other chant that you would normally say during prayer time. Chant it slowly 21 times.
4. We will end with OM SHANTI SHANTI SHANTIHI.
Please pass on this message to all your family and friends who can join us. You don't have to just do it at this time, if you want to do this at any other time, you may do it, but also remember that group chanting all over the world will produce a lot more positive energy and that is the need of the moment. People who do Reiki, or Sudarshan Kriya, or any kind of Pranic Healing can also join us at that time. Just imagine the whole world praying at the same time.
Words for the Gayathri Mantra:
O? bhur bhuva? sva?
tt savitr vre?(i)ya?
bhrgo devsya dhimahi
dhyo y na? pracodyat
Those of you who do the Buddhist Chant namyohorengekyo...Nam-myoho-renge-kyo can also follow the same format as the Gayathri Manthra Chant.
If you Google these two mantras you can get the meaning online. Looking forward to all of you to join us in this Universal Group Prayer and let us hope to bring happiness to the family concerned and our dear Sister Neel in particular.
If you know of anyone else that needs help, please do let us know and we can help with our prayers.
With best wishes
Sandhya
